. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. Figure 64.—The treadle of the machine was also used to help create music. George D. Garvie and George Wood received patent 267,874, Nov. 21. 1882, for "a cover for a sewing machine provided with a musical instrument and means for trans- mitting motion from the shaft of the sewing machine to the operating parts of the musical ; Although no patent model was submitted by the inventors, the "Musical Sewing Machine Cover" was offered for sale as early as October 1882, as shown by this advertisement that appeared in
. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. Figure 64.—The treadle of the machine was also used to help create music. George D. Garvie and George Wood received patent 267,874, Nov. 21. 1882, for "a cover for a sewing machine provided with a musical instrument and means for trans- mitting motion from the shaft of the sewing machine to the operating parts of the musical ; Although no patent model was submitted by the inventors, the "Musical Sewing Machine Cover" was offered for sale as early as October 1882, as shown by this advertisement that appeared in 1 h, S ving Machine News that month. (Smithsonian photo 57983.) need in the 1870s. As more highly specialized stitching machines were developed, an ever-increasing variety of needles was required, and the industry gi ev\. Soon after the sewing machine was commercially successful, special attachments for it were invented and manufactured. These ranged from the simplest devices for cutting thread to complicated ones for making buttonholes (see figs. 56 through 66). The first patent for an attachment was issued in. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original United States National Museum; Smithsonian Institution; United States. Dept. of the Interior. Washington : Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc. ]; for sale by the Supt. of Docs. , U. S. Govt Print. Off.
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